2013 MLB Team Stats

American League East

Last season the Red Sox finished the year with a 69-93 record. They earned their 69th win on September 23rd (game #154). This year Boston achieved their 69th win on August 6th (game #115). The Red Sox would go on to win this year's World Series led by David Ortiz. Big Papi, at 37 years and 346 days old, became the third oldest player to win World Series MVP honors.

Over the past four seasons The Tampa Bay Rays are the only team in the American League East to win 90+ games each year.

The 2013 New York Yankees finished the season with a -21 run differential. It's the first time since 1992 that the Yankees have finished a season with a negative run differential. This season is also just the second time the Yankees have missed the playoffs since 1995.

Two players have been on the Yankee's roster every season since 1995: Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.

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Buck Showalter lead the Baltimore Orioles to their second straight winning season this year. It's the first time since 1996-1997 that the O's have had back-to-back winning seasons.

This year marked the 10th straight season that the Toronto Blue Jays have finished with a losing road record. The last time the Blue Jays had a winning road record was in 2003; a year in which Roy Halladay went 22-7 (12 road wins) and won the Cy Young.

American League Central

Detroit won the American League Central for the third time in as many years in 2013. It's the second time in franchise history the Tigers have made the playoffs in three consecutive seasons; the first time happened in the 1907, 1908 and 1909 seasons (lost in the World Series each season).

The Cleveland Indians won 92 games this season compared to just 68 last year. The 24 win increase is the most, in a non-strike season, since the 1986 team finished with 84 wins (24 more than the year before).

The 86 wins Kansas City put up this year was the most since the 1989 season when they won 92 games. The key to their success this season was due, in most part, to their pitching staff. The Royals only allowed 601 runs to cross the plate this season; the fewest in franchise history in a non-strike shortened season since 1972. It's now been 28 years since the Royals have made the playoffs.

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For the first time in franchise history the Minnesota have put together three straight seasons with at least 96 losses. That tracks all the way back to 1901 when they were known as the Washington Senators.

Since moving to the American League Central in 1994, the Chicago White Sox have never finished worse than 4th in the division. The 2013 White Sox, led by Robin Ventura, finished 5th in the AL Central recording a league low 26 road victories. The bright side heading into next season is the signing of Cuban slugger Jose Abreu. His power presence in the middle of that lineup should help score some runs; the Sox didn't break the 600 run mark in a season for the first time in 32 years.

American League West

In 2013 the Oakland Athletics hit 186 home runs after hitting 195 the year before. The 381 homers hit over the past two years is 29 more than the previous three seasons combined.

The Texas Rangers have now recorded four straight seasons with 90+ wins. Texas had only recorded three 90+ win seasons in franchise history prior to the start of the streak in 2010.

The Los Angeles Angels used 49 batters and 26 pitchers last year; the most ever in any single season under Mike Scioscia.

Seattle had four players hit at least 20 home runs last season but for every good, there is a bad. The Mariners struck out 1,353 times last year - the most in franchise history.

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In their first season in the American League, the Houston Astros set a record for most losses in a single season in franchise history with 111 defeats. It's the second time a team has ever lost at least 100 games three years in a row; the 1962-1965 Mets had four straight 100+ loss seasons. The Astros ended 2013 on a 15-game losing streak - also a club record.